#AEAAAF#AEAAAF

#AEAAAF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.008 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAAF
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 175)
HSL	hsl(288, 3%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(288, 3%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 2.36, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 3.13, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0064 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.008 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5669, 40.8434, 46.3482)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAAF #ABAFAA

analogous

#ABAAAF #AEAAAF #AFAAAD

triadic

#AEAAAF #AFAEAA #AAAFAE

tetradic

#AEAAAF #AFABAA #ABAFAA #AAADAF

square

#AEAAAF #AFABAA #ABAFAA #AAADAF

split-complementary

#AEAAAF #ADAFAA #AAAFAB

monochromatic

#716C73 #908A91 #AEAAAF #CCCACD #EAE9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEAAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#AEAAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAAF

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAAF	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.008 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3c6',
    500: '#aeaaaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaaf;
$custom-light: #c6c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 3.03,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74283,
    "c": 0.00838,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAAF

secondary

#DADBDA

accent

#8D5963

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAAF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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